Chapter 502: 502
After the team split up, to avoid confusion, they also divided themselves into several smaller channels.
Li Yao directly asked in the team channel: “How’s it going, how many Ancient Trees have you all saved so far?”
The Guardian Angel replied: “It’s hard to find these things. I’ve only rescued three, with a little over 1000 crystal cores.”
Jin Jin added: “I’m doing better on my side, have been lucky, rescuing five, with also a little over 1000 crystal cores.”
The Fruit Knight stated: “I’m roughly the same, rescuing six, with a little over 1000 crystal cores.”
Li Yao replied: “That’s not too bad, in less than a day if our luck holds out, we should complete the mission in about two days, leaving an extra day to play with our crystal cores.”
The Guardian Angel asked: “Hey, you haven’t told us yet, how many have you managed to rescue?”
Li Yao replied: “About the same as you guys, rescued nine, with around three thousand crystal cores.”
“Damn it, you’re truly an extremist.” The Guardian Angel was speechless.
“Enough of the useless chatter. These Ancient Trees seem to trigger special missions which reward thousands of crystal cores at once. Be on the lookout and see if you can trigger them.” Li Yao reminded them.
“This is totally inhuman! We’re waiting for our turn to trigger the mission too.” The Guardian Angel muttered, and continued on her way.
“Big brother, look, is it that little mountain over there?” Dumb Dumb pointed to the front.
After giving his orders, Li Yao also looked at the mountain ahead and said: “It should be; I’ll send the Firehawk to look for the entrance.”
“You truly are versatile. Since you’re in the team, my abilities as a scout rogue seem completely useless.” Unparalleled Enchantress smiled bitterly.
Li Yao just chuckled. Ever since they got the Spider Tank, it had not been easy for anyone wanting to get close to him.
The Spider Tank was too vicious, with its extremely high defense in addition to their massive damage output, even an average mini boss could only be crushed, let alone the mere elites.
Entering the mountain cave, they continued to bulldoze their way through.
If they did not have the Spider Tank, going deeper into the cave would require extreme caution. But with the Spider Tank, they could storm their way through. As the battle continued, Li Yao managed to summon a group of Silver Knights with his Black Arrow.
In their team, they also had Feng Yi who was a necromancer. With a group of Skeletons at their disposal, the fear factor was off the charts.
Deep within the cave was a large hall, where a centaur stood casting a spell within a small rune array.
Upon seeing everyone, he immediately bellowed with rage, “You actually managed to find this place, this is truly your misfortune.”
To his surprise, Li Yao saw that this creature was indeed a level 20 beginner boss. In the instance dungeon, the boss’s HP is fixed and won’t change like a wild boss according to the number of players.
“It is your misfortune.” Li Yao waved his hand and sent the Spider Tank charging at it, followed by the Iron Stone Demon.
After that, dozens of Melee Skeletons swarmed in, creating an impenetrable wall. At the same time, Li Yao along with a few others and some long-range Skeletons began their furious assault.
The boss was instantly in a state of tragedy, and in less than three minutes, this beginner boss was already tragically lying on the ground.
Actually, this boss was not weak, it’s just that everyone on Li Yao’s side was too extreme. Especially when all of their Silver Knights attacked together, with the boss being tightly squeezed by the Melee Skeletons, he could barely move.
Even so, he still managed to kill twenty or thirty Skeletons.
“You ignorant fools will sooner or later suffer the divine punishment of the Nightmare God.” After uttering these final words, the pitiful boss lay dead on the ground.
“Poor fellow, he was a pretty tough boss, but he ran into the monster that is big brother.” Dumb Dumb stood by the corpse of the boss with a face full of sympathy.
“He truly is an extremist, did I choose the wrong profession?” Unparalleled Enchantress teased.
“Enough already, for those of you playing as a Hunter, you better practice bow and arrow shooting skills for a few years first. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even be able to get into a pioneering group. Hurry up and check the corpse, see what goodies it dropped.”
Even as he said these words, Li Yao felt a rush of exhilaration. Even though he could kill bosses before, he mainly relied on his skills. But this was the first time that he had crushed a boss of the same level with his sheer power alone.
What does this mean? It means that his mechanical route had taken a solid step forward, indicating that his build was completely correct…
You see, as the level and quality of the players increase, the monsters they have to face become more and more extreme. At level 20, you get a few Warcrafts, but at level 30, Warcrafts become increasingly common. And on maps after level 40, it was a total domination of Warcraft.
By then, if you don’t have enough stored up, the leveling will again reach a bottleneck similar to the beginning.
Li Yao knew very well, if Warcraft were to be rampant even now, his strength would of course not be enough, but he still had enough time. It’s just that this matter proved that his build was completely correct.
“Big brother, this boss really was broke. Only two pieces of equipment, a Skill Book, a mission item, and some random items.” said Dumb Dumb.
Li Yao took a look. Both pieces of equipment were labeled as Nightmare and were purple gear, although the attributes were slightly less than that of the boss’s rewards from the level instances, and they were not even a set.
One was leather, which Dumb Dumb could use as a caster leather equipment, and the other was cloth, which was claimed by Feng Yi.
Although they were not a set, they were still much better than other equipment.
“This is a Hunter’s skill. It has an impressive name, but it only increases strength. It doesn’t feel like it is that useful.” Unparalleled Enchantress said, “Although the annotation here seems to suggest it’s a combo, wait, I think I remember something.”
Dominance (Skill Book)
Quality: Fine Blue
Occupies an active and passive slot, after learning, all attacks include a 50% strength bonus.
Dominance: Enter Dominance status, strength increases five-fold. When facing a boss, strength increases ten-fold, lasting for two seconds, with a cooldown period of ten seconds.
Note: ‘Heavenly Puller and Moon Catcher’, ‘Star Chaser and Sun Shooter’, ‘Heavenly Overbearing Sniper’, Kill! Kill! Kill!…
“Hmm, this note is indeed quite domineering, but it doesn’t match the skill effect at all.” Sister Li also pointed out.
Feng Yi and Sister Li also nodded in agreement, Enchantress’ assessment wasn’t wrong, this skill was a bit redundant for Li Yao, who had a Devine Pet at his disposal.
After all, if his attacks hit the enemy, they would instantly kill them. When fighting bosses, if they encountered a large-sized one, having ten times the strength was pretty useless. In addition, having the Spider Tank, this effect, could only increase the attack power a little bit.
Li Yao took a deep breath, learned the Skill Book, and said: “You guys have really missed a great thing. For this Skill Book, even if you offered me ten pieces of gold equipment, I wouldn’t trade. I didn’t expect to encounter such a Skill Book, let alone from such a small fry.”
“What? Is it really that powerful, can’t be possible?” Everyone was stunned by Li Yao’s words.
“I’m not exaggerating, the worth of this skill alone surpasses the value of ten pieces of gold gear. However, it is not because the skill itself is valuable, but because it serves as the structural foundation for a more powerful skill.” Li Yao was absolutely overjoyed. With this Skill Book, even if he doesn’t get anything for several months, it would have been worth it…